Millions of European citizens find themselves in a fantasyland of “wanting to keep things the way they were” even as the fundamentals of the European style of government continue to crumble. Europe simply cannot have things the way they were.

Nevertheless, millions of residents of “Old Europe,” in particular France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, refuse to accept the reality of enhanced global competition and unaffordable government-sponsored social programs. Their anxieties are many, including a substantial outsourcing of jobs, persistently high unemployment, a weak educational system, an aging society, a declining overall population, and new global competitors, especially China, India, and numerous Eastern European countries.

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Criticality of Training in Today’s Organizations

Like every successful organization, your strategy needs to include recruiting and retaining the best quality employee possible. In an expanding economy with a tightening job market, higher performing companies recognize the challenge of retaining staff. With multiple generations present in today’s workplaces, providing customized and targeted training is key.

A convergence of multiple environmental, socioeconomic, and technological influences present you with the challenge of retaining staff. You need to ramp up your training and development efforts. Training plays a critical role in your employee’s ability to actively contribute to operational, strategic and financial goals for the company.

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Can The Goliath of Internet Search Be Slain?

Who would have predicted that seven years ago two friends with an idea and a little ambition, working in a garage, would one day revolutionize internet search advertising? Then again, looking back on the personal computing industry and how it got started, we could ask the same. Once again this shows us just how much possibility is yet to be discovered in personal computing.

Just six letters, one simple word, with tremendous value, is becoming one of the most recognized trademarks on the internet. Google, founded by two college friends - Larry Page and Sergey Brin from Stanford University - has succeeded in becoming the world’s number one search engine and in just a few years.

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The best bit of advice you can offer anyone going for a finance job interview is to be prepared. The time you put into preparation will have a direct relationship with how well you perform in the interview and how likely you are to get the job.

Firstly, find out as much about the company as you can in advance. The more you know about the potential employer the better. You can never know too much and it will help in two ways. You will show you are an observant individual with an outwardly looking understanding of the industry and the knowledge you have learnt will show you know what you are talking about. Secondly it will also show that you have researched the company. This time commitment of the research also shows how keen you are on the position. Any recruiter is always going to appreciate pro-active candidates who show that they are keen to get the job.

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Summary: Sprott Asset Management uranium expert Kevin Bambrough talked with us about the “second leg” of the current uranium bull market. Bambrough names his favorite uranium companies, where he believes there is still room for growth.

StockInterview: How does the major nuclear energy build up you envision impact uranium mining?

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A good business slogan can make the difference between a growing company and a warehouse full of products that aren’t selling. In a world with as much communication and information as ours has, the short easy to digest phrase that explains your business is a perfect way to sell business to customers. However, you can’t just sit down and think of the shortest, cutest phrase a go with it. There are a number of questions you should ask as you investigate the right business slogans for your company:

1. Who? The first task of business slogans is to make people think of whom you are. If your slogan doesn’t adequately create a sense of identity for your company then it can’t begin to start driving people your direction. Because your company name will always be associated with your slogan (such as “Maxwell House: Good to the last Drop”) there is no need to use the name as part of the phrase. However, the phrase should have something to do with your product so clearly that it becomes synonymous with your company name.

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Are you busy? Very, very busy? Have you taken a stab at pounding out your own eBook, report or other content for your online business? How were the results?

If you’re beyond the “beginner stage” of Internet Marketing, you know that having your own product is crucial to your continued success. The problem, for most marketing mavens, is that they know how to get an offer out there, but are a bit lacking in creating the “meat” of the offer. Even if they have the skill and ability to make well-written content, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to do it.

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Good news spreads quickly

News of the invention of the wheel must have traveled in every direction as quickly as horse or camel could run. Those who learned of its advantages over the litter and the sledge adopted it right away. And no sooner was it adopted than it began to be adapted: made lighter, stronger, faster. Wheels were soon attached to axles, then to axles with pivots.

The idea catches on

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